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Hillary Clinton says she does not support Trans-Pacific Partnership — Just days after the U.S. and 11 nations released a monumental trade deal that still faces a fight in Congress, Hillary Clinton says she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Speaking with Judy Woodruff Wednesday …
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against TPP — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton voiced her opposition Wednesday to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, bucking her former boss and creating more distance between herself and Vice President Joe Biden, which would be helpful should he choose to enter the race.
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Politico
David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Bernie Sanders gaining on Hillary Clinton in California
Bernie Sanders gaining on Hillary Clinton in California
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Reuters, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, New York Times, Booman Tribune and New York Magazine
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Pocketbook issues take center stage in Democratic health care plans
Pocketbook issues take center stage in Democratic health care plans
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New York Times and Common Dreams
Nick Gass / Politico:
Bill Clinton denies calling up Trump and asking him to run
Bill Clinton denies calling up Trump and asking him to run
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CNNMoney, ABC News, addictinginfo.org, Talking Points Memo, Fusion and Bloomberg Business
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Sanders gets his first congressional endorsement
Sanders gets his first congressional endorsement
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Burlington Free Press, Slantpoint, Liberal Values, The Week and Bloomberg Business
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Biden Bid Could Lead to Battle for Minorities
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
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Telegraph, Daily Kos, Business Insider and Guardian
Scott Wong / The Hill:
How John Boehner could stay Speaker — Speaker John Boehner, who plans to leave office a day before Halloween, told a group of Republican colleagues last week he had an awful nightmare. — “I had this terrible nightmare last night that I was trying to get out and I couldn't get out,” …
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Politico, fox13now.com, The Federalist, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Week, Daily Kos, The Atlantic and Hot Air
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New York Times:
Shut Down the Benghazi Committee
Shut Down the Benghazi Committee
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Real Clear Politics, Talking Points Memo and Associated Press
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner gets McCarthy's back on Benghazi comments
Boehner gets McCarthy's back on Benghazi comments
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The Daily Caller, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Bloomberg Business, The Week and ABC News
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Rep. Jones calls for candidates with ‘misdeeds’ to withdraw from leadership race
Rep. Jones calls for candidates with ‘misdeeds’ to withdraw from leadership race
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Daily Kos
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Biden: Republicans ‘beating’ on Hispanics — Vice President Biden accused Republican presidential candidates of “beating” on Hispanics during an address to a Hispanic group on Wednesday. — In a surprise appearance at a fundraiser hosted by the Latino Victory Project PAC …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Axelrod: Pro-Biden group's ad ‘tasteless’
Axelrod: Pro-Biden group's ad ‘tasteless’
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Slate, Hit & Run, CNN, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Vox and Washington Monthly
Jim Acosta / CNN:
First on CNN: Passionate Vice President Joe Biden slams GOP 2016ers at Latino voting event
First on CNN: Passionate Vice President Joe Biden slams GOP 2016ers at Latino voting event
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Weasel Zippers, addictinginfo.org and The Hill
Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Bystander opens fire on shoplifter at Home Depot — A concealed-carry license holder is now cooperating with police after she opened fire on a shoplifter who was fleeing a Home Depot on Tuesday afternoon, Auburn Hills Police said. — The shooting happened in the store's parking lot at around 2 p.m. …
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The Oakland Press, ThinkProgress, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Shakesville
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Mike Martindale / Detroit News:
Customer fires at Auburn Hills shoplifting suspects
Customer fires at Auburn Hills shoplifting suspects
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Raw Story, Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
When Cruz Makes His Move, Watch Out — The Texas senator may look like an also-ran, but he's a legit contender. — Where's Ted Cruz? The outspoken Texas senator has been unusually quiet in recent weeks. But in GOP circles, there's soft but growing chatter that he is likely …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says Bush and Rubio Suffer from Political Politeness
Trump Says Bush and Rubio Suffer from Political Politeness
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Politico
Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Poll: Rubio Surpasses Bush, Trump Still On Top
Poll: Rubio Surpasses Bush, Trump Still On Top
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Political Wire and The Last Refuge
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Why you shouldn't be surprised that prisoners crushed Harvard's debate team — Last month, a debate team of three inmates with violent criminal records defeated a team of three Harvard University undergraduates. — It sounds like an underdog story plucked from the pages …
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CNN, Christian Science Monitor, Independent Journal, The Daily Caller and Shadowproof
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Ian Mohr / New York Post:
Matt Barnes drove 95 miles to ‘beat the s-t’ out of Derek Fisher — Matt Barnes with then-wife Gloria Govan, and Knicks coach Derek Fisher. — Knicks coach Derek Fisher is involved in a romantic relationship with the estranged wife of his former teammate Matt Barnes …
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Fusion, Hollywood Life, NESN.com, Daily Mail and UPROXX
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Donald Trump plots his second act — NEW YORK — After a summer of dominating the Republican presidential campaign, Donald Trump is moving into a new and uncertain phase that the billionaire businessman acknowledges will be more challenging than any project he has ever undertaken …
Chelsea Manning / Medium:
Military Haircuts — My first post about what it's like to live, and grow as a human being: transitioning in a military prison. — The last few weeks have been particularly challenging for me. For the first time in years, I felt like giving up... then, I found my “second wind” to be human.
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Fusion, Advocate and Daily Mail
Pete Souza / New York Magazine:
Did Barack Obama do enough for his own community? — There is a photo by Pete Souza, the White House's canny and peripatetic photographer, that surfaces from time to time online. The setting is Marine One, and it features a modest cast of five. Valerie Jarrett, dressed in a suit of blazing pink, is staring at her cell phone.
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Guardian and addictinginfo.org
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Tennessee's First Year Of Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Didn't Go Very Well — Tennessee's first year of drug testing welfare recipients uncovered drug use by less than 0.2 percent of all applicants for the state's public assistance system. — The state implemented the testing regime …
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ACLU and Booman Tribune
WTVY:
Dothan Police Arrest Commissioner Amos Newsome. … Headlines List — DOTHAN, AL — Dothan Police have arrested City Commissioner Amos Newsome on a third degree assault charge, which is a misdemeanor. The arrest comes after Newsome physically assaulted WTVY reporter Ken Curtis after Tuesday's commission meeting.
Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Times:
The Passion of Nicki Minaj … Pop music is dominated almost exclusively by the female star — Beyoncé, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and, as always, Madonna. Engaging in a frantic, complex game — crossing over many genres to keep up with the current caldron of hip-hop …
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The Huffington Post:
Kanye West Thinks He Is Discriminated Against For Not Being Gay — West made the comments during a candid two-hour live interview.
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Billboard, The Last Tradition and Towleroad
Carri Geer Thevenot / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sen. Reid, wife sue makers of exercise band — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and his wife are suing the makers of a resistance exercise band that the lawmaker has blamed for a January accident that left him blind in his right eye. — Reid, D-Nev., and his wife, Landra Gould, filed …
Kristine Marsh / NewsBusters:
Nets Hype Muslims Targeted in Chapel Hill Shootings 12 Times More Than Christians in Oregon — Share it Tweet it — It's newsworthy when people of faith are killed by a gunman — except when they are Christian. The broadcast networks made that clear by the difference between …
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Red Alert Politics
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Barney Frank advising Clinton on Wall Street plan — <p>Hillary Clinton is putting the Dodd-Frank band back together.</p><p> The Democratic presidential front-runner is close to outlining her vision for policing the financial system, building on 2010's sweeping post-crisis regulatory overhaul known as Dodd-Frank.
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